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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013
NOMEN'S BASKETBALL
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Kansas to face Texas Southern after snowy setback
Women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson watches her team play during the exhibition game against Pittsburg State. The Jayhawks defeated the Gorillas 85-54.
The Jayhawks (4-4) had to wait a little longer than expected to try to halt their recent slide. A winter storm in Texas kept the opponent for the women's basketball team, the Texas Southern Lady Tigers, from being able to travel to Lawrence in time for last Sunday's scheduled matchup. Instead, the Jayhawks and Lady Tigers will face off tonight. After this game, Kansas will host Purdue (6-2) on Sunday.
Going into tonight's game, the Jayhawks are on a three-game losing streak and have lost four out of the last five games. This includes a road loss to Minnesota, two losses in their Thanksgiving tournament and last week's loss at home to Arkansas. After the loss to Arkansas, coach Bonnie Henrickson said the upperclassmen players need to take responsibility and do their jobs.
Texas Southern (3-4) have also lost its last three games. They have not played since Nov. 30 where the team lost to University of Illinois-Chicago after leading for much of the game. Texas Southern was led by juniors Jazzmin Parker and Morgan Simmons, who scored 26 and 14 points respectively.
marker is the team's leading scorer for the year. She is averaging about 27 points per game in the six games she has played in this year. Junior forward Morgan Simmons is leading the team with 8.9 rebounds a game.
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The layhawks' opponent for Sunday, Purdue from the Big 10 conference, have alternated wins and
Purdue has a balanced offense with three players averaging double figures in scoring. Redshirt senior guard KK Houser and senior guard Courtney Moses both score about 14 and a half points per game. Redshirt junior forward Whitney Bays averages close to 11 points a game.
average close to 19 points. Both the Jayhawks and Boilermakers lost to common-opponent Duke. The Jayhawks were able to keep Duke to only 73 points, but had a hard time staying out of foul trouble and scoring on the offensive end, only managing to score 40 points. The Boilermakers fared better in this aspect and scored 78 points, but the Duke offense scored 99. Purdue bounced back from its loss to Duke to win its most recent game at home.
To get back on track, the Jayhawks need to cut down on the turnovers and fouls. Junior Chelsea Gardner, the Jayhawks' leading scorer, has not been scoring as much as in the beginning of the season. Recently, senior guard CeCe Harper has been leading the team in most aspects, especially in scoring and assists.
Tonight's game against Texas Southern is at 7 p.m. and Sunday's game against Purdue is at 2 p.m. Both games are a part of the current six-game home stand for Kansas.
losses their last four games. They have only lost to Stanford and Duke, both in the Top 10 of the AP Poll and women's basketball powerhouses.
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Former Jayhawks play abroad during WNBA career offseason
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Five former Kansas women's basketball players are on international team rosters during the WNBA off-season. Many WNBA players play overseas after the season ends. The five former Jayhawks taking this route include the impactful players who graduated last year. Carolyn Davis, Monica Engelman and Angel Goodrich. This group is rounded out by Danielle McCray and Aishah Sutherland.
CAROLYN DAVIS
Davis, a forward, is playing for Reims in France. Previously, she played in five games for Neftochimic in Bulgaria and averaged 15.8 points and 8.8
rebounds per game. As a Jayhawk, she scored over 1,700 points and grabbed 700 rebounds, the seventh player in school history to complete this feat.
Davis
MONICA ENGELMAN
Engelman is a part of the ICIM team in Romania. The guard is
averaging 12.7 points, 3.4 rebound, 2.3 assists and 2.2 steals in 10 games for the undefeated squad. She scored 1,255 in her collegiate career.
Engelman
ANGEL GOODRICH
Goodrich has joined Chevakata
Goulden is in Russia after completing her first season with the Tulsa Shock. She has played in both regular season match-ups and in the Eurocup. Her season-high
Goodrich
of 13 points came on Nov. 3. Goodrich, a point guard, left Kansas as the all-time leader in assists with 771 and was the leader of the Sweet 16 squads.
DANIELLE MCCRAY
McCray is playing for Wisla Krakow in Poland this winter. She has
only played in two games while recovering from an Achilles tendon tear that caused her to miss this last WNBA season. McCray ended her Kansas career when she tore her ACL during her senior season. She is Kansas' fourth lead scorer with 1,934 points.
McCray
AISHAH SUTHERLAND
Sutherland is a member of Italy's Orvieto. She has been averaging 9.8
points and 6.8 rebounds per game with this team. Sutherland graduated two years ago and eclipsed 1,000 points and 500 rebounds as a Jayhawk.
Sutherland
Edited by Ashleigh Tidwell